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Comparable Players (Similarity Index 63)

Rank	Score	Name	Year	Run Average	Trend
1	82	Randy Choate	2009	3.47
2	78	Mike Koplove	2010	0.00	DNP
3	77	Josh Kinney	2012	3.94
4	77	Mitch Stetter	2014	0.00	DNP
5	75	Logan Kensing	2016	1.93
6	75	Clay Rapada	2014	0.00	DNP
7	72	Pat Venditte	2018	2.57
8	72	Carlos Fisher	2016	0.00	DNP
9	71	Evan Meek	2016	0.00	DNP
10	71	Lee Gardner	2008	10.80
11	71	Jairo Asencio	2016	0.00	DNP
12	70	Jean Machi	2015	5.43
13	69	Cedrick Bowers	2011	0.00	DNP
14	69	Justin Hampson	2013	0.00	DNP
15	69	Tim Dillard	2017	0.00	DNP
16	69	Rich Hill	2013	6.98
17	69	Brent Leach	2016	0.00	DNP
18	68	Greg Burke	2016	0.00	DNP
19	66	Dale Thayer	2014	2.76
20	66	Ramon Ramirez	2015	0.00	DNP
21	66	Tommy Layne	2018	0.00	DNP
22	66	Jumbo Diaz	2017	6.00
23	65	Brandon Villafuerte	2009	0.00	DNP
24	65	Scott Rice	2015	0.00	DNP
25	65	Tim Hamulack	2010	0.00	DNP
26	64	Dustin Molleken	2018	0.00	DNP
27	64	Rafael Martin	2017	0.00	DNP
28	64	Will Harris	2018	3.49
29	64	Brandon Knight	2009	0.00	DNP
30	64	Matt Reynolds	2018	0.00	DNP
31	63	Scott Downs	2009	3.47
32	63	Victor Marte	2014	0.00	DNP
33	63	Sam LeCure	2017	0.00	DNP
34	63	Blake Parker	2018	3.26
35	62	J.P. Howell	2016	4.09
36	62	Ramon Troncoso	2016	0.00	DNP
37	62	Bob Wickman	2002	5.77
38	62	Michael O'Connor	2014	0.00	DNP
39	62	Dana Eveland	2017	0.00	DNP
40	61	Fernando Rodriguez	2017	0.00	DNP
41	61	George Kontos	2018	4.73
42	61	Jason Grilli	2010	0.00	DNP
43	61	Adam Loewen	2017	0.00	DNP
44	61	Pat Neshek	2014	1.87
45	61	Dave Smith	1988	4.08
46	60	Zach Duke	2016	2.36
47	60	Mark Corey	2008	0.00	DNP
48	60	Jerry Blevins	2017	2.94
49	60	Micah Bowie	2008	9.00
50	60	Chris Bootcheck	2012	0.00	DNP
51	60	Bryan Corey	2007	1.93
52	60	Randy Flores	2009	5.25
53	60	Kane Davis	2008	0.00	DNP
54	60	Clay Hensley	2013	0.00	DNP
55	60	Jim Henderson	2016	4.37
56	60	Ronald Belisario	2016	0.00	DNP
57	60	Marty McLeary	2008	0.00	DNP
58	60	Tom Wilhelmsen	2017	4.44
59	60	Matt Belisle	2013	4.56
60	59	Matt Albers	2016	7.71
61	59	Damaso Marte	2008	4.02
62	59	Scot Shields	2009	7.13
63	59	Clayton Mortensen	2018	0.00	DNP
64	59	Luke Gregerson	2017	4.72
65	59	Jeremy Affeldt	2012	3.27
66	59	Jim Miller	2015	0.00	DNP
67	59	Jonathan Broxton	2017	6.89
68	59	Joey Eischen	2003	4.58
69	58	Erasmo Ramirez	2009	0.00	DNP
70	58	Les Walrond	2010	0.00	DNP
71	58	Fernando Rodney	2010	4.37
72	58	Craig Stammen	2017	3.36
73	58	D.J. Carrasco	2010	4.48
74	58	Peter Moylan	2012	5.40
75	58	Mark DiFelice	2010	0.00	DNP
76	58	Jay Howell	1989	1.69
77	58	Nate Field	2009	0.00	DNP
78	58	Jason Frasor	2011	3.90
79	58	Matt Guerrier	2012	3.86
80	58	Santiago Casilla	2014	2.01
81	58	Jose Veras	2014	4.89
82	58	Dennys Reyes	2010	3.55
83	58	Chris Leroux	2017	0.00	DNP
84	58	Ryota Igarashi	2012	18.00
85	58	Geoff Geary	2010	0.00	DNP
86	58	Mark Lowe	2016	7.48
87	58	Willy Lebron	2012	0.00	DNP
88	57	Manny Delcarmen	2015	0.00	DNP
89	57	Dan Kolb	2008	0.00	DNP
90	57	Tony Barnette	2017	5.65
91	57	Matt Wise	2009	0.00	DNP
92	57	Heath Bell	2011	2.87
93	57	Matt Lindstrom	2013	3.41
94	57	Hideki Okajima	2009	3.39
95	57	Julio Santana	2006	9.72
96	57	David Lee	2006	0.00	DNP
97	57	Juan Gutierrez	2017	0.00	DNP
98	56	Alberto Castillo	2009	3.75
99	56	Joaquin Benoit	2011	3.39
100	56	Kelly Wunsch	2006	0.00	DNP

BP Annual Player Comments

Year		Comment
2016		Triple-digit heat is a kind of social privilege: Guys who have it tend to get a lot of chances. Case in point Cordier, whose debut in 2014 came a full decade and three team-switches after he was drafted. He returned to The Show last year, now playing for his fifth organization, and logged the third-hottest average heater when he did. And... well, thus concludes the highlight reel. He struggled to miss bats in his dozen prime-time innings, controlled his pitches poorly and got knocked about rather rudely by big-league hitters. He'll get another chance. Check your privilege, kid.
2015		Cordier can throw a baseball 100 mph (which makes confusing him for Brett Bochy even funnier). Most humans who can do that find their way to the major leagues, but the majority do not take the road less traveled, a road that takes them through four organizations over nine professional seasons before one finally offers a September audition. Cordier was once a polished cold-weather prep-schooler with merely decent velocity and advanced secondary stuff. But while he regained and even bolstered his gas after undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2007, his slider and changeup regressed. Despite the caliber of bullets in his right arm, Cordier is a long shot to secure a stable bullpen role unless his command or breaking ball takes a step forward. He'll only turn 29 in February, though, and with a brief taste of The Show to motivate him, there is no reason to give up yet.
2014		Erik Cordier doesn't command his straight fastball, but he lights up radar guns so he gets a comment.
2013		At one point a highly touted prospect, Erik Cordier continues to see his stock slide due to injuries.
2012		Erik Cordier is a big and blocky right-hander with a zipper and control issues. His future is in the bullpen, since his stuff is no longer good enough to overcome those issues.
2011		Big righty Erik Cordier isn't the same power arm he was prior to Tommy John surgery, but he could still end up a nice middle reliever.
2010		Acquired from the Royals three years ago for Tony Pena, Jr., Erik Cordier was once a highly-touted arm, but his stuff is far from what it used to be after a series of arm injuries.

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Erik Cordier threw 359 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2014 and 2015, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2015, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (99mph) and Slider (86mph).